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Click through to see our students' work this year!Emily McGrath
About Our Program
PAVA 6th Grade
Magnet Coordinator
Kira Craig
Ms. Craig is a National Board Certified educator who has worked in LAUSD for 24 years. Her career includes teaching English/Language Arts to all of the middle-school grade levels, mentoring student-teachers, and serving as a literacy coach. She taught 8th Grade English in PAVA for two years before the opportunity to be the coordinator emerged. Making the choice to step out of the classroom, reflects how highly she thinks of the teachers and the students who are a part of this magnet.
Our Fearless Leader...
Mrs. Rivera
Science and Music Teacher
Math and Art Teacher
Ms. Jenkins
Meet Our Teachers...
About Our Program
PAVA 6th Grade
Performing and Visual Arts at PHMSi
PAVA's vision is to provide a rigorous learning environment where students experience the arts through its integration into their core classes as well as through the in-depth study of various artistic disciplines. We believe providing this environment for our students will propel them to excel academically, value the process of learning, and become lifelong learners who will be college and career-ready.
About Our Magnet...
Mrs. Rivera
Science and Music Teacher
Ms. Wagener
Math and Art Teacher
Ms. Jenkins
Ms. Williams
Dance Teacher
Meet Our Teachers...
History and Choir Teacher
Ms. Toschi
English and Theater Teacher
English
With Ms. Wagener
In English, we learned all about different types of writing, such as argument and creative. We read a short story called "The Hitchhiker" by Lucille Fletcher and a novel called Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
We wrote about a god in a group. We did this for a project for Percy Jackson. We did the god of wine Dionysus
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
Math
With Ms. Jenkins
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
To pick an Animal cell or a plant cell and draw it
In Science, we've learned about natural systems, living systems, cells, body systems, and much more.
Math
With Ms. Jenkins
Math topics include the following: GCF/LCM, rates and proportions, integers, expressions and equations, and statistics. If time allows, we get into basic geometry. We also do a handful of hands-on projects throughout the year.
The big idea was to find the right Integers and put the sticker there.
With Ms. Toschi
About the class...In History, we are studying Ancient Civilizations. We have studied ancient Egypt, Israel and Greece. We are learning about different cultures by learning about their history, music, dance, art, and literature.
We learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and have done slide presentations.
We learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and have done slide presentations.
You have to research and read about your god/goddess
History
With Ms. Williams
Ever curious about how choreographers get their inspiration? Well, you are in luck because currently we are learning about the world of Modern Dance and how using Pantomimes and gestures (real life movements) can be inspired into creating realistic dances. Who would have ever thought I can turn something as simple as brushing my teeth into a dance!?!
We had to make a 1-minute pantomime of a story we made up.
Dance